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Increase the proportion of people who get a kidney transplant within 3 years of end-stage kidney disease treatment — CKD‑09

Status: Improving

  
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Improving

Most Recent Data:
15.0 percent (2018)

Target:
19.7 percent 1

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
12.4 percent of end-stage kidney patients under 70 years received a kidney transplant within 3 years of initiating treatment for ESKD in 2013 2

Increase the proportion of persons receiving a kidney transplant within 3 years of initiating treatment for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD)

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Summary

In people with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), kidney transplants are linked to higher survival rates and better quality of life than dialysis. But the percentage of patients getting a transplant within 3 years of starting ESKD treatment has gone down in recent years. Interventions that help more eligible patients with ESKD get kidney transplants can help increase survival rates and improve quality of life.



1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

2. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.